Comment Re:Just got to say (Score 1) 256
Three Gorges Dam in
Three Gorges Dam in
Three Gorges Dam in
Submission + - Antivirus firms "won't co-operate" with PC-hacking police (pcpro.co.uk)
nk497 writes: Dutch police are set to get the power to hack people's computers or install spyware as part of investigations — but antivirus experts say they won't help police reach their targets. Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at F-Secure, said the Dutch bill could lead to antivirus firms being asked asked to cooperate with authorities to let an attack reach the target. So far, Hypponen hasn't seen a single antivirus vendor cooperate with such a request, and said his own firm wouldn't want to take part. Purely for business reasons, it doesn't make sense to fail to protect customers and let malware through "regardless of the source".
Submission + - There is no reason at all to use MySQL: MariaDB, MySQL founder Michael Widenius (muktware.com) 1
sfcrazy writes: In this exclusive interview MySQL founder Michael Widenius talks about the reasons of decline of MySQL, what Oracle is doing wrong and how MariaDB is fast replacing it. There are quite some interesting information in this interview. The take out of this interview is — "...there is no reason at all to use MySQL 5.5 instead of MariaDB 5.5. The same will be true for the next generation."
Submission + - Massive News: Staples To Sell The Cube 3D Printer (fabbaloo.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Today anyone can head out to the store and buy a 3D printer:
Only a few years ago the notion of finding a 3D printer in your local office supply store would have been ludicrous. But today, it really happened. What was particularly striking was finding listings for various Cube supplies at Staples' website. It's real, folks.
Submission + - British Defence Firm QinetiQ Pillaged By Chinese Hackers (techweekeurope.co.uk)
judgecorp writes: A British defence firm, QinetiQ, has been repeatedly breached by Chinese hackers for more than three years, it has emerged. The attack took intellectual property and business secrets of course, but this time experts are saying national security has been compromised.
Comment Re:Mentioned this last week (Score 1) 221
So go use robots and other more automated vehicles to create the means necessary for human survival.
For instance, send a robot to Mars ahead of future human exploration and set up a habitat, start making oxygen, water, and foodstuffs.
No need to wait till we get there to start terraforming/colonizing a small piece.
Does US Owe the World an Education At Its Expense? 689
An anonymous reader writes "'Right now, there are brilliant students from all over the world sitting in classrooms at our top universities,' President Obama explained to the nation Tuesday in his pitch for immigration reform. 'They are earning degrees in the fields of the future, like engineering and computer science...We are giving them the skills to figure that out, but then we are going to turn around and tell them to start the business and create those jobs in China, or India, or Mexico, or someplace else. That is not how you grow new industries in America. That is how you give new industries to our competitors. That is why we need comprehensive immigration reform." If the President truly fears that international students will use skills learned at U.S. colleges and universities to the detriment of the United States if they return home (isn't a rising tide supposed to lift all boats?) — an argument NYC Mayor Bloomberg advanced in 2011 ('we are investing millions of dollars [actually billions] to educate these students at our leading universities, and then giving the economic dividends back to our competitors – for free') — then wouldn't another option be not providing them with the skills in the first place?"
Comment Re:Why d'you have to be so negative all the time? (Score 5, Funny) 241
Yes, I felt a little dirty writing that...
Not half as dirty as we felt reading it.
Comment Re:See, Shit Like This (Score 1) 186
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
Comment Re:Ordered to explain why it ignored the order (Score 1) 186
Personally I almost wish this scenario had played out as in:
A State Of Disobedience: http://www.baenebooks.com/chapters/0743471709/0743471709.htm?blurb
Comment Re:Not just redheads (Score 1) 265
If you can, try stopping for a few minutes, and putting a warm compress over your eyes for a few minutes (put a washcloth under running hot water, wring it out). For me I've found that the rare migraines are usually coming from my sinuses, and this helps open them up again.
Comment Re:"managed to guess the login details" (Score 5, Funny) 210
New Jersey, India, and China.
Ah yes, the new "Axis of Evil"!
Comment Re:So now AT&T is saying it's NOT a capacity p (Score 1) 138
AT&T will charge Netflix, and that will cause Netflix to increase their prices. You'll pay the price either way.
... and either way the money goes to AT&T.
Comment Re:They died because they didn't evolve (Score 1) 200
Even now, they have no clue what they want to be, an ink and printer 'giant'? Give me a break.
They should invest in 3D scanning/printing, and market a reasonable 3D printer. There are several interesting technologies that require consumables, which seems to be what they were best at marketing.
Comment Re:In a country that drinks wine like water? (Score 2) 706
Agreed. I just pulled a small 3.2 fl oz sample I just got from the Dentist of "Listerine: Total Care"
It's got an expiration date in 2012, and the label lists ingredients as:
Active:
Sodium Fluoride 0.0221% (0.01% w/v fluoride ion)
Inactive:
Water, Sorbitol Solution, Alcohol (21.6%), flavors, poloxamer 407, sodium lauryl sulfate, phosphoric acid, sucralose, dibasic sodium phosphate, FD&C red no. 40, FD&C blue no. 1
Directions are:
Vigorously swish 10 ml (2 teaspoonfulls) of rinse between your teeth for 1 minute and then spit out.
